Spindle Contributor(s): Johnston, E. K. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1484722280 ISBN-13: 9781484722282 Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: December 2016 * Out of Print * |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Legends, Myths, Fables - General - Young Adult Fiction | Romance - Contemporary - Young Adult Fiction | Magical Realism |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 2016002171 |
Age Level: 13-17 |
Grade Level: 8-12 |
Lexile Measure: 890(Not Available) |
Physical Information: 1.2" H x 5.8" W x 8.5" L (1.15 lbs) 368 pages |
Features: Ikids, Maps, Price on Product |
Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 01/01/0001 Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2016 School Library Journal 10/01/2016 pg. 105 Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 12/01/2016 Booklist 11/15/2016 pg. 52 |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 185958 Reading Level: 6.0 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 13.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The world is made safe by a woman . . . but it is a very big world. It has been generations since the Storyteller Queen drove the demon out of her husband and saved her country from fire and blood. Her family has prospered beyond the borders of their village, and two new kingdoms have sprouted on either side of the mountains where the demons are kept prisoner by bright iron, and by the creatures the Storyteller Queen made to keep them contained. But the prison is crumbling. Through years of careful manipulation, a demon has regained her power. She has made one kingdom strong and brought the other to its knees, waiting for the perfect moment to strike. When a princess is born, the demon is ready with the final blow: a curse that will cost the princess her very soul, or force her to destroy her own people to save her life. The threads of magic are tightly spun, binding princess and exiled spinners into a desperate plot to break the curse before the demon can become a queen of men. But the web of power is dangerously tangled -- and they may not see the true pattern until it is unspooled. The most powerful stories encompass a paradox. Spindle is both mythic and true, old beyond reckoning and dazzlingly, gloriously new. You've known this story all your life; you have never heard its like before. The Storyteller Queen lives, and her name is E. K. Johnston. -- Rachel Hartman, New York Times best-selling author of Seraphina |
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